Subject: Re: "parked" processes?
To: George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 07/28/2007 11:40:53
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:08:20 +1000
George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net> wrote:
>
> please fork gcore before fixing this behaviour. call the new fork
>
> unparklwp
>
> or something.
>
> then, we all win because we have a tool which is known to reach over
> lwp boundaries and beat the living crap out of them..
>
Well, gcore did not unpark firefox for me. I did get a dump, which
I'll hold onto in case another sample is needed.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb